bueller. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: ben stein, everybody.e-eighty," is out now. they are here all the way from england, making their u.s. television debut with the song "best of friends," palma violets. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ i see alaina in the distance shouting out a word ♪ ♪ and she runs through persistence oh her mind is so absurd ♪ ♪ oh love oh love ♪ ♪ jumping jolly 'til the end i wanna be your friend ♪ ♪ i wanna be your best friend ♪ ♪ i don't want you to be my girl ♪ ♪ i wanna be your best friend ♪ ♪ i don't want you to be my i don't want you to be ♪ ♪ well well well i see witness wendy ♪ ♪ her short hair and her pistol boots ♪ ♪ oh man she's always ready to take that line and finally shoot ♪ ♪ oh lord oh lord ♪ ♪ jumping jolly 'til the end i wanna be your friend ♪ ♪ i wanna be your best friend ♪ ♪ i don't want you to be my girl ♪ ♪ i wanna be your best friend ♪ ♪ i don't want you to be my i don't want you to be my ♪ ♪ i wanna be your best friend ♪ ♪ i don't want you to be my girl ♪ ♪ i wanna be your best friend ♪ ♪ i don't want

tonight on the show, my old pal, ben stein is here.180, all the way from london, palma violets. we have an exceptional lineup for you next week. harrison ford will be here, as well as jason sudeikis. joan jett and the blackhearts. so join us then. our first guest tonight is having a very good summer. she turned 21 years old. her new album called "stars dance" just debuted at #1, and on august 30th, her movie "getaway" opens in theaters, and not just any theaters, movie theaters. please say hello to selena gomez. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you, i don't know why i do that to myself, i can't move. >> jimmy: well, yeah, when you try the dress on your standing, and then you can't sit. it is like you're a mummy. but you look great, it is worthwhile, and it will only be a short period of time. jddqrp' exciting thing. e the y >> i know, i can't believe it. after four albums, i can't -- i'm really -- >> jimmy: is this the first one that debuted to number one? >> yes. >> jimmy: well, who broke the news to you? >> well, somebody screen sho

bueller. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: ben stein, everybody.mel live concert series is brought to you by sony. shhhhh! in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet. yeah, our babysitter didn't have a million ways to serve mom up on a silver platter. we had to count sheep to fall asleep. and i always worried that i was creating an overcrowded sheep farm. in my head... never looked like that farmer took proper care of those sheep. too much? a little. [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. the jimmy kimmel live concert series is brought to you by sony. >> jimmy: their album, "one-eighty," is out now. they are here all the way from england, making their u.s. television debut with the song "best of friends," palma violets. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ i see alaina in the distance shouting out a word ♪ ♪ and she runs through persistence oh her mind is so absurd ♪ ♪ oh love oh love ♪ jumping jolly 'til the end i wanna be your friend ♪ ♪ i wanna be your best friend ♪ i don'

to ben stein, melissa francis, along with adam lashisty. what do you make of this? >> i talked about this a long time. i've been blasted on comedy central for being heartless. the fact of the matter is i've seen it in my own eyes. >> they figured out what we already know about you. >> john, go ahead. you were saying. >> the bottom line is it's just, listen, we should be making it where people are urged to get off welfare instead the idea of making it comfort for theab com. it's not the one where they pay for the house, food, rent, cell phone and sit at home and make a lot more money than people doing minimum wage jobs. it crushed the economy. >> it's tough to leave that. even if it isn't exactly the same, you have childcare issues. it doesn't have to be. it's daunting. >> in new york, especially. you receive the benefits, of course, you're not getting taxed. in new york, you have to make $21 an hour in order to take home the same amount of money as if you were on all these programs. and then i mean because they're talking about a single mom with two kids, you also h

stein. and i said, your name is franken-stein.ll out of the booth laughing. >> that has to be a trip. >> that was the luxury of that show, realizing we have an audience, but we're not live. we can fool around and get the audience enjoying themselves. i pulled one on michael douglas that was funnel. it was a luxury. >> we know how big a deal "will and grace" was on a cultural level. oh, there's a guy guy on tv that i can connect to and i'm sure you've had that. have you had people have a conversation about schizophrenia and mental illness? >> yeah, it's been great. in its own way, it is the next tabu, that everyone for years nobody talked about mental illness in their family. it was so murky and so ill-defined. and now for various reasons, including oprah and dr. phil, it's become more and more okay to talk about the pills your mother took and the effects it has had on you. so for people to come up and say my brother has schizophrenia and i never seen it portrayed like that is affirmation we're doing something right. >> it's a priv

now, for a completely different view, hear from sam stein.saying that -- >> yeah. >> she did not make him his special yum-yums this morning, just to have him sit in a cold studio and not be called on. she wants us to bring a blanket and put it over his lap. i'm sorry. do you have any thoughts? >> that was the most demeaning in t intro you could possibly have done. >> you called me grandpa. >> it is that kind of morning. >> i mean, what is there to argue with? it's just a silly and poorly thought out tactical maneuver by ted cruz and marco rubio -- >> i'm sorry. >> no. that was brilliant. this is stupid. i'm not sure if they understand how damaging this potentially could be for their brand. two points, one is that in essence, their argument is we're going to defend obama care. if we don't defunds obama care it will cause more pain for the sake of getting rid of obama care. we aren't that far removed from the elections in which obama care wasn't a side issue. it was a major issue for republicans. the vast majority looks at this and said we liti

ben stein, what aree to make of that?the whole idea there is something for nothing, no bad emissions vehicle is going to always be nonsense. it's an electric car, they have to get ectricity from somewhere. they have to burn coal, burn gas, they have to have nuclear power. the idea of something for nothing is not working as usual. >> neil: i don't like the notion that the hybrids are not hot or they're not intriguing and alluring and worth their money. but just not this one. the issue with this one, julie, and a lot of plug-ins, they have pr be a waste of time, waste of effort and waste of money. what say you? >> did you see what tesla is doing today? >> neil: model standard with the 100,000 plus cars that goes a foot a gallon? >> look at what the market is doing with tesla. crazy profits -- >> neil: could we go back to this car for the masss? >> you know -- >> neil: the mass disaster. >> hopefully tesla for the masses, too. >> neil: $100,000 a pop, safe to say no. >> they'll make a w more. bring the pre down a ltle bit. l

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do you think mark stein should put his hat in the ring for u.s.he is canadian, isn't he in. >> you can run for senate. >> if not an american? >> i believe so, if you're a resident, of course. >> no. >> they're telling me to move on. >> anyway, i am for mark stein. >> great guy, by the way. greg, you're up. >> banned phrase. value added. i don't understand this. what is value added mean? when they say that, does it mean it is improved? >> you add value. shut up with your value added. shut up! >> wow! >> price point. >> 36th anniversary of the death of the greatest rock and roller of all time, i want to listen to his greatest song. ♪ can't find a partner use a wooden chair ♪ >> there he is, the king. we'll miss him. mixed gospel with rock and roll, was the guy kicked it off. keith richards book, people say elvis presley was the single greatest influence on the rolling stones. >> very good. my one more thing, check out shaean hannity, has a studio audience with mark levin. great book. should be a great show. >> need to plug that book more. >> like yo

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sam stein, what did you learn?i invented it. >> i learned that print is profitable in orange county. that's great news. >> and double breasted suits are coming back. >> it's great to be back. i was gone for a whole week. >> were you really? >> you didn't notice, did you? >> hey, it is great to be back. i hope you guys are having a great last week of august. last week of the summer. we will see you tomorrow. >> chuck, the top of his show. >> hey, chuck, will you wink at me? we'll see you tomorrow on "morning joe." >>> very little doubt. that's how the white house is assessing whether the assad regime is behind the alleged chemical attack in syria. now president obama is considering a military strike with the help of some international allies. also this morning, old dominion new tactic. after months of a battle to the bottom against democratic opponent mcauliffe, cuccinelli

dutta told sam stein, i am living off fumes. joining me now is msnbc contributor sam stein.u know, the rewrite is a segment of the show i usually do alone. but when i read your piece this morning, i thought it was so important we needed to get it in the show tonight. and we'll need your help with it. tell us why the scientific research like this in this country is not being funded at the levels it needs. >> well, first of all, thank you for doing this segment. science has been deprioritized because of sequestration. now we're back at 2007 levels because of sequestration that reduced about 750 grants that they could have given to scientists across the country. and basically, you're left with the potentially promising progresses like dr. dutta was doing. when he initially tried for the grants, 98% of them, he bested them. this time around he can't get funding. what we'll end up happening, in ten year's time, we'll see the consequences of them. you won't see the consequences in the next year or so. it is when we don't discover the cure for diseases that it is a bad investment.

. >> we have sam stein and jon meacham along with willie geist. let's get to our top story and go live to the scene. egypt's interim prime minister says the government had no choice but to step in against a group of pro morsi supporters, a move that sparked a day of widespread chaos and bloodshed. at least 450 people have been killed and nearly 3,000 have been injured. those numbers are still expected to rise. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel was on the streets of cairo all day for firsthand look at the violence. >> reporter: egypt is unraveling. its hope of democracy obscured behind tear gas and bullets. egyptian security forces, which ousted the elected president mohamed morsi six weeks ago, moved in to finish the job. and break up two camps of protesters who demand that the former president be reinstated. bulldozing into one at cairo university, it was over quickly. but at the other protest, they held fast. security forces fired on them with tear gas and then automatic weapons. egyptian security forces here are clearly using live

sam stein is an msnbc contributor with "huffington post." jonathan that piece created quite a buzz. as i read it i said what's on the verge of the extinctiontion is the establishment of the republican party. >> yes they reported the morose mood among the establishmen in republican. you have social issues set in which the republican party has essentially alienated a lot of voters, hispanic voters, black voters, female voters. on the basic issues of governance you have a party that's threatening to shut down the government so it can defund obama care, the establishment doesn't library that but a lot of voice us of the party want to see that. or shutting down the government or let the nation default on its debt. any of those out comes is poor. >> this might not be evident in 2014 because all politics are local and in those hyper partisan districts for rs and ds republicans could have a very good year and give them a false since of bravado. >> those are the duelling tensions. you have a bunch of house republicans tuned to the political whims in their own districts and those whims are di

. >>> netflix with another deal this time with the wine stein company. the subscription for wine stein movies, the studios movies included "the artist," and "the kings." it will start in 2016. the stock rose more than 5% to $273.39, making it the best-performing stock this year. >>> despite descent quarterly reports, solid growth in emerging markets and reiterated outlook for sales and profit for the fiscal year but the medical equipment maker warned of soft demand for inplantable heart defibrillators. it closed at $52.83. >>> chinese solar panel maker trina solar beating expectations. they are easing depen dance on europe. shares soared more than 15% to $7.82. >>> shadow banking, financial intermediaries aren't regulated like banks and in china, these kinds of risky financial transactions are more prevalent than ever now. why regulator s in china should be worried. >> reporter: when you first meet lu, it's hard to believe he's a shadow banker. with experience at a wall street firm, he is working in by shang that matches with small-time investors that wa

finally, there may be a bidding war to acquire the legendary piano maker, stein way musical instruments. after an unknown bidder came up with an offer of $477 million topping an earlier buyout bid that was already accepted from the private equity firm. shares of dole, pinnacle foods and stein way all higher on the day. >> those deals did little to inspire investors to buy stocks. on wall street, stocks were little change. the dow lost five points. the nasdaq rose almost 10, getting a lift of shares from apple which rose 3%. and the s&p 500 was down about 2 points. mining companies were some of the biggest gayners today, and that gave a boost to the price of gold. up more than $22 an ounce. a gain of nearly 2%. >>> good news out of washington, sort of, the government reported a nearly $98 billion budget deficit for the month of july. that means uncle sam is now on track to post the lowest annual budget shortfall in four years. the reasons for the shrinking deficit, slow but steady economic growth, higher taxes, less government spending and the turnaround in the bailed out washington run

sam stein, i wouldn't let -- you can't let sam borrow the money. buy pot with it and suddenly you're in charge -- >> wow. >> this conspiracy -- >> nothing wrong with that, right? >> you said it, not me. >> i'm glad you didn't go to baseball because -- >> no. >> i want to talk about packers football if anything. >> i know. we were talking beforehand you're up here for -- >> bond rating agencies. your neighbor to the south illinois is an economic basket case. you guys in wisconsin are doing so well, sam was asking to borrow money. it's crazy. you guys are going to get a huge up on your bond rating because i guess you're just a wash in cash up there. >> four years ago we had just over $25 million cash balance at the end of the year. fiscal year '09. now we come in with over $1.8 billion. pretty sharp contrast. it's the same thing. couple years ago when i came in $3.6 billion deficit. we have about a half billion dollar surplus. >> let's talk about, then, ryan braun, what happened? >> i could see a-rod threw him under the bus. >> that's right. >> do yo

joining me to discuss this revelation and the race are "the huffington post" sam stein and democraticategist margie omero. margie, what is the net net of this? might there be blowback that causes people to be sympathetic to this individual? >> well, i'm sympathetic for anybody who has a private conversation turn into a national story. and you know, that's unfortunate for him, and i feel badly that that happened. i think ultimately, voters, though are, going to be looking at this race, not through the lens of what happened to this campaign manager a year out. but what do we know about mitch mcconnell? and he continues to be far to the right of where most voters are. not only that, he really demonstrates what is wrong with washington, the gridlock, the obstruction, the very clearly saying in his own words our number one goal is to try and defeat president obama. that was his stated policy goal. and so i think a lot of voters have just had it with washington as usual. and there is no one really who demonstrates washington as usual as much as mitch mcconnell. the fact that his own campaig

joining me to discuss this, sam stein and democratic strategist markie omero.t is the net of this? might there be blow-back? >> well, i'm sympathetic for anybody who has a private conversation turned into a national story. you know, that's unfortunate for him. i feel badly that happened. i think ultimately voters, though, are going to be looking at this race, not through the lens of what happened to this campaign manager a year out, but what do we know about mitch mcconnell? he continues to be far to the right of where most voters are. not only that, he really demonstrates what's wrong with washington, the gridlock, the obstruction clearly saying in his own words, our number one goal is to try to defeat president obama. and so i think a lot of voters have justhood it with washington as usual. there's no one who demonstrates that as much as mitch mcconned. the fact that his own campaign manager can't get excited is a symptom rather than a cause. >> sam stein, usual mitch mcconnell, i want you to put yourself into his mind and body. must you now fire this guy? >>

it was gene stein. >> rose: oh! >> i wish i could claim to be related to him. >> rose: when you dime the magazine, how did you discover it? >> i was 12, my father gave it to me for christmas in washington, d.c., and i loved it and have been a reader ever since. >> rose: and you discovered it because you were asked to do an interview. >> yes, but before that my first rejection slips as a writer were from "the paris review." and i would... i hung some of them up. >> rose: and the theory also of the magazine is that non-fiction -- i mean that the words of fiction can be, what? i mean, the sense of the creative? what's the... what's the guiding mission behind the sense of enhancing the creative? do you know what i mean? >> it can quite adventuresome both in terms of the voice, the approach, the experimental nature of something, it can be long. it can accommodate a lot of extreme fiction that may not appear anywhere else. >> rose: if you wrote about sex the way jim writes about sex in the story we that we published "sex

. >> i want to bring in richard wolf and sam stein. richard, we were talking about the europe upon union and the americans and exactably what sort of leverage they somewhere over the egyptians. there was also an interesting piece in the "new york times" discussing just how complicated our relationship with the egyptians is. the u.s. war strips have preferential passage through the suez scandal. there's a whole host of things that egypt gives us strategically in other parts of the world. >> this is a military to military relationship than just the dollar amount. the idea that america would want to just give that up is simplistic. it may sound sort of very principled and of course that's the way the politicians would like us to believe that foreign policy is run, with the exception of president bush's second inaugural run, that's not the way that foreign politics has worked its way through foreign policies. the leverage of these dollars is pretty small when you're talking about a regime that's fighting for its very survival. that's why w

. >> when did your fascination with the stein begin with you? >> since i was a kid. this is known as the greatest car. i mean we're doing 70. >> yeah. >> reporter: i thought i was hearing things when jay asked me if i wanted to drive the doozey. believe me he didn't have to twist my arm too much. >> look out holly. >>> when we come back on a second look. we're going to visit with the righteous brothers and hear them sing some of the hits that made them them famous. >> and a bit later, chubby checker is going to talk about the hit that made his famous. the twist. >>> tonight on a second look we're celebrating reno's annual extravaganza called hot august nights. a big part of that event is the musical stars that come to perform. among them the righteous brothers. here's joe fonzi he first brought us this report back in 2000. >> ♪ lost that loving feeling ♪ >> reporter: there's no more recognized song in american pop music. in fact, according to time magazine, the righteous brothers 1965 hit you've lost that loving feeling is the most played song in radio music history.